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I did exactly the same when someone wanted to knock down the factory behind our houses and build a block of flats with 97 units but parking for 75. I put a letter into every affected house with a copy of the letter I was sending to the planners - a petition only counts as one objection in planners eyes but twenty separate letters have to be counted.

Our objections were read out at the meeting and the lack of parking was also given as a reason for refusing. The factory is still there - ten years later - and is now a packing depot for sending huge stuff overseas